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History of the Universe

September 21, 2008 · Leave a Comment

In a fraction of a second, a big bang happened and expanded and evolved into the universe, spawning stars and planets, including a blue planet, earth. A few million years after earth was formed, the life form known as man invented a large hadron collider that’s capable of smashing atomic particles at high speed and create things like radiation, subatomic particles, and other interesting stuff.

A few weeks into its activation, in a fraction of a second, a big bang happpened and expanded and evolved into the universe, spawning stars and planets, including a blue planet, earth. A few million years after earth was formed, the life form known as man invented a large hadron collider that’s capable of smashing atomic particles at high speed and create things like radiation, subatomic particles, and other interesting stuff. A few weeks into its activation, in a fraction of a second, a big bang happpened and expanded and evolved into the universe, spawning stars and planets, including a blue planet, earth.

A few million years after earth was formed, the life form known as man invented a large hadron collider that’s capable of smashing atomic particles at high speed and create things like radiation, subatomic particles, and other interesting stuff. A few weeks into its activation, in a fraction of a second, a big bang happpened and expanded and evolved into the universe, spawning stars and planets, including a blue planet, earth. A few million years after earth was formed, the life form known as man invented a large hadron collider that’s capable of smashing atomic particles at high speed and create things like radiation, subatomic particles, and other interesting stuff.

A few weeks into its activation, in a fraction of a second, a big bang happpened and expanded and evolved into the universe, spawning stars and planets, including a blue planet, earth. A few million years after earth was formed, the life form known as man invented a large hadron collider that’s capable of smashing atomic particles at high speed and create things like radiation, subatomic particles, and other interesting stuff. A few weeks into its activation, in a fraction of a second, a big bang happpened…

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Chocolate is My Medicine

May 9, 2008 · Leave a Comment

Was Googling for cough suppressants and found this on Wikipedia:

Recent studies have found that theobromine, a compound found in cacao, is more effective as a cough suppressant than prescription codeine. This compound suppresses the “itch” signal from the nerve in the back of the throat that causes the cough reflex. It is possible to get an effective dose (1 g, though 0.5 g may be sufficient, according to PMID 15548587) from 50g of dark chocolate, which contains 2 to 10 times more cacao than milk chocolate. Cocoa powder contains roughly 0.1 g per tablespoon (5g). Theobromine was also free from side effects in the blind test

Medicines have never tasted this good. I ought to give this a try.

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